What is an award?

Until Sunday, I firmly believed that awards and recognition were things that did not mean much to me as I knew that I always give my most at work. (This is not applicable to personal life as I am very lazy). But sometimes it does get into your head that maybe you are not as good as you believe you are.

In March, I was asked if I would like to move departments as my services were more needed there. I took the job as it was a new challenge and would give me something to learn. But sometimes I thought I was asked to go as I might not have been good at what I was doing and people were not happy with the way I ran the department.

Now, on Sunday, I was awarded the 'future leader of the year award for the 2006/07' for my hotel. It was according to me a great achievement. And, I guess by getting the award, I cannot doubt the management for moving me to another department and what they said then.

So this whole episode has taught me somethings, namely,

a) Regonition does motivate people

b) I am not all a saint that I potray to be... as Maria Sharapova puts it, "You cannot be a tennis player and Mother Teresa at the same time."

Ciao

Change your attitute

A small truth to make our Life 100% successful..........
If A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is equal to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Then H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
L+O+V+E=12+15+22+5=54%
L+U+C+K = 12+21+3+11 = 47%
(None of them makes 100%) ...............................
Then what makes 100%
Is it Money? ..... No!!!!! Leadership? ...... NO!!!!

Every problem has a solution, only if we perhaps change our "ATTITUDE". It is OUR ATTITUDE towards Life and Work that makes OUR Life 100% Successful.. A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

The Awkward moment

You meet someone after nearly four months, and only for the second time. Both of you are not quite sure how to great. Do you peck on the cheek, or shake hands. You move closer undecided and end up shaking hands.

I think its a fitting description. Now how do you break the ice???

Year in Review (Part Deux)

Sequels are usually not as interesting as the originals, but i'll try to break the rule.

August:
The summer continues. Temperatures were still rising and it was time to do another thing that I had not done before. (And it isn't what you all perverts are thinking) It was time to go watch my first live soccer match. And luckily the match we got to see was Brazil v/s Argentina and the new Emirates stadium in London. The atmosphere was great and if my calculations are right, Argentina had less than 10 percent supporters. The game was good, but a bit one sided as Argentina lost 3-1 to mighty Brazil.

September:
By the end of August, I was given the opportunity to take over as a bar supervisor in the hotel. It was a sudden move and not a very planned one. So much of September was concetrated on learning the job and making sure I understood the new responsibilities.

October:
October was all fun and games. In the first week, some of the Marriott graduates, went to help for the Conservative Party Conference in Bounemouth. Now, we were working extremely hard in a very windy and wet Bournemouth, camp site; but when you get 20 graduates together, along with 50 other Marriott employees, you can only imagine the rest. Tough, now thinking about it, no one was late for work the whole week.

The second week of October, saw me going on my second holiday of the calender year. Again a trip to India for Diwali. For those who don't know what diwali is; it is a Hindu festival equivalent to Christmas. This was my first time home for Diwali in 5 years. The days never seemed to start or finish, as they were so interlinked with each other. It was probably the most enjoyable time of the year.

November:
Month of the Audit. I am not too sure about other industries, but in ours, this is the time all top management are stressed out; and hence everyone else is stressed out. My challenge was make sure the bar passed its audit, as we were the only department to fail it the year before. In the end, the bar got a great 92% and the hotel passed with a decent 82%.

December:
Befoe we know its the end of the year. I am sure after reading my boring year you want it to finish and go onto a better blog to read, or probably wanting to kill youself. Figuritively speaking. Well guys this was my year. Very enjoyable. Hope yours was aswell. Do leave comments. And wishing you all the best for the comming new year.

To friendship

Sometimes in life, you find a special friend;
Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;
Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.
Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.

YEAR IN REVIEW (Part 1)

The main reason to review the year is that hopefully one day when I am offered a book deal worth millions of pounds, I can look back and get some good input. So get ready to get bored.

January:
By the time the new year resolutions were broken, i.e. 2 days, it was time to plan the journey home, to India, to attend a cousins wedding. It was the first wedding in the present generation, and the whole family was looking forward to it. I must say the 21 days holidays were the shortest I have ever had. It was 20 days of non-stop partying. It used to start at around 12.00 noon at my grandmothers place, for breakfast/lunch, followed by discussion on last nights event and the final preparations for the D-day. and in the evening, the usual dinner followed by singing and dancing into the early hours of the morning. Now, I hope you understand why the day only started at 12.00

February:
February was a month in which I wasn't very sure where am I going. I had come back from India, and did not know what would I be doing at my workplace. I did not want to go back to my old job, being a night auditor, and there weren't many vacancies around that I liked. In the end, I was given a project to do to increase the first impressions of the hotel for the guest. I am not particularly found of artistic work but thought it was a good opportunity to show what I can achieve and move on to other things, that I was more interested in.

March, April and May:
There is nothing special to talk about in these three months, as it was getting into the routine of working and showing the results. One opportunity I did get was to work for the opening of a new Marriott Hotel in Leicester. It is something not a lot of people get to do and a week in Leicester did teach me a lot. Also, by now I was being seen by the management on a daily basis and was getting to know the hotel better.

June and July:
If you were in London in these two months last year, you could have mistaken to be in Delhi or some other hot part of the world. It was a welcome relief from the cold winters and wet summers people are used to in London. Maybe the first signs of Global warming. June also saw a lot of family visiting me from India. It was nice to have people come and stay with me as well as take them around the city. We visited Edinburgh and Glasgow and it made me think what was I doing in London, when Edinburgh is so beautiful.

Watching The premier tennis event, Wimbledon, from the stands and eating Strawberry and Cream, as well as Sipping Pimm's and lemonade was a dream that came true in July. I am no great fan of tennis but as a child I always followed the grand slams. My favorite stars being Goran Ivaniswich, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. To make it a dream come true, we had to leave the house at 5.00 am, and que up at 5.30, but it was worth every minute. the stars we did manage to see were Layton Hewitt, Venus Williams, Andre Agassi, Martina Navratilova, and our very own Sania Mirza. Next year, definitely have to get into one of the show courts, even if I have to camp all night.

The rest of the review in part deux!!!